Daniel Bloom

9.2

Ooh, mineral goodness to go with restrained fruit. Perfect w pesto and tomatoes. See prior notes. — 3 years ago

with Sarah

Brett Vanderbrook

9.2

Ooh, I like this one a lot. From the nose to the palate it’s just aromatic and balanced. Gentle menthol notes from oak influence with an undercurrent of flint and minerality. Well extracted with fantastic acidity. I wish I could afford to buy this on the regular. — 5 years ago

with Raina

Sarah J Baker

8.9

drank like a dream on day 2 ooh ooh ohh!! — 7 years ago

Bob Yoon

8.9

Ooh ooh ooh! I’m drinking a Hungarian cab franc. Am I a wine hipster now? Where are my skinny jeans and man bun? — 7 years ago

Sharon B

9.1

Ooh very smooth Cabernet! Nice after a big dinner going on dessert! Enjoying a perfect Florida evening with great friends! Cheers!! 🍷🌙 — 9 years ago

with Denise

Scott Soren

9.4

Berries. Ooh the berries — 9 years ago

Melissa Kawecki

9.8

OOH HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH. This vintage is showing beautifully! What an elegant, well-balanced wine! Drink now or save forever and it'll still be delicious. — 10 years ago

Anders Johnson

9.4

Ooh la la, silk. — 4 years ago

Raun Kupiec

9.2

Over 4 years since the last time I opened a bottle from this case and ooh it is smoking! Perfumed, black fruits, intense plum, cassis?, huge secondary and tertiary spicy leather and herbs and forest, super smooth Tannins undetectable with the steak but still really grippy and prominent after. However, nicely integrate and balanced. — 4 years ago

with Barbara

Byron Hewett

9.7

WOTN! Just stunning! Old but fresh. Light, but not. Ooh! This is why people go nuts over Burgundy! 50+ yo and kicking butt! — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.5

👉 Great value aged Rioja

Not as powerful as 890 but more an older Tondonia/Burgundy style & @ £50 today this 01 is a fab buy 👍

🍷Ruby garnet w/ brick edge

👃 Toasted oak through spiced dark cherry w/ herbs, tobacco, vanilla, prune, balsamic, soggy earth & scorched red fruit - Nasal orgasm 💥

👄 Med silky smooth earthy creamy delicate cherry oak balsamic Ooh La La 💃

🎯 Med+ dirty earthy cherry oaky seduction 😍

Can La Rioja Alta do no wrong 😁 — 9 years ago

DC

8.9

Ooh! Great funky nose, but kind of a letdown in the mouth - could be a California Pinot for half the price. — 10 years ago

Karyn Fricke

8.9

Ooh Yum. Really good with artichoke dip. — 10 years ago

Fin Jams

9.0

Brilliant expression of an amarone valpolicella. Black cherry flavours and sweet tannins. A wee bit of cloves and spice...ooh...and some interesting tobacco notes. Quite different from its cousin, the Sartori Corte Bra. Can't stop nosing this one — 4 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.8

Ooh-La-La — 4 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.3

Extended aging on lees? I couldn't remember that in my cellar. What I knew was that I had a big dish of braised cardoons, my first ever attempt at cooking or eating them. What to pair with this pungent, artichoke scented veg... Something to offset its bitterness, with body, not a ton of tannin; maybe a Langhe rosso? Hrm, maybe a skin contact Vitovksa? Ooh, I have these old i Clivi wines. Hrm, Brazan is the oldest, let's give it a shot.
Cardoons: artichoke, bay leaf, floral (daisy family), reminds me of Chrysanthemum tea w DimSum many years ago in NYC.
Wine: deep golden, reverberant bass notes, resinous, shows a vanilla tinged, slightly volatile edge next to the cardoons.
About as excellent a pairing as I could hope for in Covid-Year 2. — 5 years ago

Norah Eldredge

9.5

Ooh oooh ooh!!!!!! Just a soft silky smoot delicious fruity tannins softness of yum. — 8 years ago

Lisa Prodanovich

9.4

Ooh baby! Surprise split! Tasty Friday afternoon aperitif with marcona almonds. — 9 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.2

This is fucking awesome. Black pepper, raspberry, earthy smokiness on the nose. Floral, vivid acidity, just awesome deliciousness and drinkability and exudes passion. Ooh la la — 9 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.5

Ooh. Super yummy citrus flowers and stone fruit layers over wet stone. — 10 years ago